Portsmouth (Lancs) railway station

Not to be confused with Portsmouth and Southsea railway station or Portsmouth Harbour railway station.

Disused railway station in Lancashire, England

Portsmouth (Lancs)

Level crossing at the site of the former station

General information
Location| Portsmouth, Calderdale
England
Coordinates| 53°43′59″N 2°09′14″W﻿ / ﻿53.733190°N 2.153820°W﻿ / 53.733190; -2.153820
Grid reference| SD899262
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Manchester and Leeds Railway
Pre-grouping| Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping| London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
12 November 1849 (1849-11-12)| Opened as Portsmouth
after January 1948| Renamed Portsmouth (Lancs)
7 July 1958 (1958-07-07)| Closed

Location

Portsmouth railway station was on the Copy Pit line and served the village of Portsmouth, which was part of Lancashire, before being incorporated into the West Riding of Yorkshire in the late 1880s. It is now in the successor county of West Yorkshire. It opened along with the line in 1849 but was closed as an economy measure on 7 July 1958.[1][2] Few traces of the station remain, although the line itself remains in use for passenger trains between Burnley and Hebden Bridge or Todmorden.

## References

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1. ^ Tuffrey, Peter (2011). West Yorkshire Railway Stations from Aberford to Yeadon. Stroud: Amberley. p. 99\. ISBN 978-1-4456-0307-0.
2. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 350\. OCLC 931112387.

* Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28\. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.

## External links

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* Portsmouth station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
* Railscot - Photos of Portsmouth (Lancashire)

Preceding station  | Historical railways | Following station

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Holme
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Copy Pit Line |  | Cornholme
Line open, station closed

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Calderdale Lines

Legend

Past, present and future

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to Bradford

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Queensbury |  |

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Holmfield |  |

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Lightcliffe |  |

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Ovenden |  |

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to Kirklees

North Bridge |  |

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Pellon |  |

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Elland Power Station

Halifax St Pauls |  |

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South Parade  |  |

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Shaw Syke  |  |

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Copley |  |

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Holywell Green
Sowerby Bridge |  |

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Luddendenfoot |  |

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Mytholmroyd |  |

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Barkisland
Portsmouth |  |

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Cornholme |  |

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Stansfield Hall |  |

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